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sophiesofa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i don't being rude/abusive is in his job > description Oh, you'd be amazed what you find if you ever read your contract properly. I was entitled to a gallon of rum from the people of Canterbury at every full moon on my last job. Never claimed any of it.

ClareC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I got a coupe of letter's from TFL about my "son" > being caught fare dodging on the bus!!! I would > have thought I would remember having > son............ sorry about that

I'm going to drink a gallon of Chucklehead and see how I get on.

Sheep dog displays, Owls, The Goat?and Milking Show (with sheep shearing through the ages!), Vegetable sculpting competitions, reggae plus you can get a gallon of 'Chucklehead' cider for ?8. Huge. http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/Environment/ParksGreenSpaces/EventsInParks/LambethCountryShow2009Programme.htm South London?s answer to Glastonbury. see you down the front of the Skills, work and business stage.

I got caught on the train earlier this year with no ticket and gave an address on Lordship Lane to the conductor to send the fine to. If that was you, sorry.

my aching sides

Rose and Crown in Covent Garden. Rick is a bona fide ED-ite and gives the best haircut in London.

posting a photo - unbelievable

It will furthermore be known as 'Lenkington Fields'.

Does it even have a name? Seems unlikely... Otherwise, I think you've just named it.

andypandy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The South-Eastway - I like it. It's catchy in a > sort of non catchy way....I think that the top end > of PR Park, with it's useless fields can be > redeveloped as a new retail park. Finally we'll > get McDonalds, Pizza Hut,KFC Matalan and others. > ED has been crying out for these for a long time. > Obviously Piermont Road will need to be protected > so the fly over can be extended up Upland road > with Upland road being extended over LL to join > with the south circular. This will essentially > like Dulwich Park and Peckham Park. The Park Link > Flyover as it might be know , East Dulwich answer > to cross rail. > > I really feel that we are onto something here With any luck they'll be mixing concrete by the weekend! You overlooked something though - Parking is an issue that rears its ugly head time and again in ED - I feel to better serve the new retail park and appease residents so choked by the current on-street arrangements, a new multi-storey near the beginning of the flyover on the under-utilised bottom half of the Rye would be a welcome addition.

Let's get him!

andypandy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Solved.....Piermont Road Flyover, apparently the > council have been looking into it. They have > produced a artists impression of how it might > look. That would sort it. Also would give the > benefit of somewhere dry for piss heads to hang > out. > 2 for the price of 1... ( see attached image) I can't wait for the flyover - They're already calling it 'South London's Answer to the Westway' Inevitable thread about ED house prices 'will probably break the internet', a source at the South London Reporter remarked

OK - I didn't get disciplined for loads of bad things, far worse than playing with shears that I did when I was younger - because I never got caught. I'm yet to murder anyone. I'm sure these lads won't either. My parents weren't lax, I knew the difference between right and wrong, but wrong is often more attractive. Bar actually beating the malevolence out of them I think they would have done it were you there to witness it or not. New thread.

This thread has moved from self-parody, through to self-parody, before arriving at some nice meta-analysis and finally parking up at self-parody lane again. Kudos to all involved.

you've posted some salient points I'm sure, which I would love to sift through and digest - but your last post is an 800-word epic - with all the will in the world I just can't face ploughing through that - it's a forum, not a library. ask me sucinct, direct, bullet-pointed questions and I'll answer them. set me an essay to write and I probably won't.

annaj Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lenk, any chance you might respond to any of my > direct questions? Or are you just going to keep > writing off anyone who disagrees with you as a > hysterical extremist without actually listening or > engaging? I don't think I've ever read one of your posts. A precis?

Some rapier-like wit on display too

I've just attacked my bin with a kitana sword in frustration

HAL9000 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > annaj Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I can see that on reflection HAL felt far less > > threatened and alarmed by it > > My initial over reaction may have been due to a > previous mugging by three youths - in the same > area, as it happens - that had left me very badly > injured. > > > and I respect his > > judgement in choosing not to report it. > > I arrived at that view through a process of > deduction. Why were the other witnesses > unconcerned - perhaps because the boys were known > to them and had a good reputation? A notion > reinforced by the reverse logic: why were the boys > unconcerned - because they were amongst friends > and neighbours? If they were local then it was > likely they had used a wheelie-bin belonging to > one or both of them - in which case they might be > related? And so on. > > Over the next day or two, I had formulated a > hypothesis as to a likely address, their standing > within the community, the possibility of sibship > and the probability of seeing them again. I felt > it was only a matter of time. > > > As it happens I think HAL approaching them > himself > > and reasoning with them about their behaviour > and > > making them see why it might have caused > concern > > for other people is by far the best solution. > The > > more that we disengage from young people, > through > > fear or disinterest, the wider the gap in > > understanding between them and us, and the > worse > > off we as a community are. > > I'm glad you agree - at times it felt a little > uncomfortable being at odds with the consensus > view. > > I strongly believe that anti-social behaviour by > our children should be tackled at source - within > the family, the community and the educational > system - rather than as an afterthought through > law enforcement, which, as you say, is more likely > to alienate them from social responsibility as > adults. > > Every time we run to the police to ameliorate our > own failings, we empower them to usurp evermore of > our freedoms and liberties. That?s a quick route > to societal collapse, IMHO. Oh please. my dad used to carry a knife in 1950's Coventry. Brighton Rock is about a knife crime. Plus ca change etc. 'societal collapse' is such an emotive over-reaction to something that always has, and always will be there.

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > lenk Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > At one point The Pigeon Detectives were > > technically paying my wages (amongst other > > people), it didn't mean I had to like them. > > Understandable enough, I bet it was chicken feed. see me afterwards

At one point The Pigeon Detectives were technically paying my wages (amongst other people), it didn't mean I had to like them. You don't choose the service industry, it usually drags you in kicking and screaming.

I've never been nice to anyone in any customer-facing job I've had. I usually found ways to steal from my employer and once locked about 6 month's filing in a drawer and threw the key away. I didn't see it as being paid to be polite, not once. If I drove a bus I'd be a complete bastard.

I defend the right of a bus driver to suffer from misnthropic rage from time to time, similarly If I worked in an olive shop in ED I'd probably explode every 5 minutes at the idiots who came in. Any job that brings a person into direct exposure with someone who is ready and willing to rush off and start a 15-pager on here rather than bring their gripe up there and then. ...That's who I feel sorry for. Leave class out of it.

James Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love the way certain people rush on here to > defend rude bus drivers. Ah, the poor little > working classes, how can we expect them to do > their jobs properly? Diddums. > > Whereas if the middle-class person serving you > your olives in the East Dulwich Deli was rude > you'd be on here straight away moaning to > everyone. Why the double standard? I would never think of moaning on the internet about either - I'm not that spineless that I wouldn't say something in-situ, Mr Class Crusader